Printer&#39;s tie-up.



J. A. TOREN'. PRINTERS TIE-UP. APPLICATION FILED MAY24, 1912.

1,096,207. Patented May 12, 1914.

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J. A. TOREN. PRINTERS TIE-UP.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 24, 1912.

1,096,207. Patented May 12, 1914.

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COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH c0., WASHINGTON. D. c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN A. IOREN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

PRINTERS TIE-UP.

To all whom may concern Be it known that I, JoHN A. Tornn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Printers Tie-Ups, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to printers" tie-ups or eompositionholders of that general type which employ a separable rectangular metal frame in lieu of the usual string. Various forms of tie-ups of this general class have heretofore been proposed; but, so far as. I am aware, they have been so complicated in structure or so difficult and expensive to manufacture, or so unreliable and impractical in use, that but few, if any, have been favorably received by the printing trade.

Among the salient objects of my invention are, to provide a printers tie-up or composition-holder which will securely hold the type-page by virtue of a wedging effect inherent in the corner-joints of the tie-up frame when the latter is assembled about the type-page; to provide av construction having the above-mentioned wedging effect which at the same time will offer no interference with the outside pressure of quoins and the like upon the type-page when the latter is being locked up for the foundry or press to provide a construction which will serve as a safe guide in seeming correct and uniform length and width of page; to provide a construction which will make the handling of type-pages much safer and speedier than when handled in the old way by tying up with a string; and, generally, to provide a novel, improved, and simplified tie-up of the character described.

My invention, its mode of use, and the advantages adhering therein, will be readily understood when considered in connection with the accompanying drawings, which show one practical mechanical embodiment of the invention, and in which- Figure 1 is a plan view of my improved printers tie-up, showing the same as locked up in a chase. Fig. 2 is an edge view of the upper end frame member or bearer shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an end elevation of Fig. 2. Fig. e is an outer side elevation of the frame member shown in Figs. 2 and 3. Fig. 5 is an edge view of the left-hand side frame member or bearer shown in Fig. 1. Fig. (5 is an inner side elevation of the frame mein ber shown in Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is an edge view Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 24, 1912.

Patented May 12, 1914.

Serial no. 699,373.

of the right-hand side frame member or bearer shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 8- is an inner side elevation of the frame member shown. in Fig. 7. Fig. 9 1s a cross-sectional detail' on the line 9-9 of Fig. 7. Fig. 10 is a cross-sectional detail on the line 1010 of Fig. 7. Fig. 11 is an edge view of the lower end frame member or bearer shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 12 is an end elevation of Fig. 11. Fig. 13 is an, outer side elevation of the frame member shown in Figs. 11 and 12.

Referrin to the drawings, 1 and 2 designate the sie frame members, or side bearers, and 3 and i the end frame members, or end bearers, of my improved type-page holder or tie-up. In practice the end bearer 4 is at the head of the type-page and the end bearer 3, of course, at the foot. The meeting ends of the bearers are all formed with interfitting rectangular hooks and slots which interlock in such a way as to securely hold all four of the frame members or bearers against outwardmovement in the plane of the frame, although permitting a limited inward movement for a purpose that will hereafter appear; and three of the four joints are so formed as to produce an inward wedging action of the bearers 2 and 3 as the latter are put in place in assembling the frame around a type-page.

Referring more particularly to the specific formation of the corner oints of the frame, the lower end of the side bearer 1 is formed with a plain. rectangular slot 5 and hook 6 which snugly interfit with a hook 7 and slot 8' on the left-hand. end of the end bearer 4. The upper end of the side bearer 1 is formed withv a rectangular slot 9 and hook 10, the free edge 11 of the hook 10 being slightly inclined or Wedgeshaped, as clearly shown in Fig. 6, so that the hook is slightly wider on the lower side: of the bearer than on the upper. The cooperating end of the end bearer 3 is formed with a slot 12 to'receive the free end portion of the hook 10 and with a hook 13 that engages the L-shaped slot 9 of the side bearer 1. The free edge 14 of the hook 13 is also slightly inclined or wedge-shaped, said hook being slightly wider on the upper side of the bearer than on the lower. The right-hand end of the bearer 3 is formed with a slot 15 somewhat wider than slot 12 at the opposite end, and

wit-h a hook member 16; and the upper end 11 9 of the side bearer 1, and with a hook 18. Slot 15 and hook 16 of the end bearer 3 engage the hook 18 and the slot 17 of the side bearer 2; and the free edges 19 and 20 of the hooks 16 and 18 are slightly inclined or wedge-shaped, similar to the inclined free edges lei and 11 of the hooks 13 and 10, respectively. Furthermore, the opposed inner faces 21 and 22 of the end members of the hooks 16 and 18 are likewise inclined or wedge-shaped, as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 9. The lower end of the side bearer 2 is formed with a slot 23 and a hook 2 1 that cooperate, respectively, with a hook 25 and a slot 26 on the right-hand end of the bearer 4. The opposed inner faces 27 and 28 of the end portions of the hooks 24 and 25 are inclined or wedge-shaped, as clearly shown in Figs. 10 and 13.

In building up a type-page on a galley, the side and end bearers 1 and 4 are first assembled; and after the type-page is completed, the complementary side and end bearers 2 and 3 are applied in the order named. It will be noted that the described inclined or wedge formations at the joints between the bearers 1 and 3, 3 and 2, and 2 and a, cause an inward movement of the bearers 2 and 3, the side bearer 2 tending to wedge toward the opposite bearer 1, and end bearer 3 tending to wedge toward the opposite end bearer 1. This causes the frame or tie-up to tightly bind or clamp the type-page, dispensing with the necessity of filling or wedging in between the margins of the type-page and the bearers. It will also be noted that the transverse portions of the slots 9 and 17 of the side bearers 1 and 2 are somewhat wider than the portions of the hooks 13 and 16 engaging the same; also that the slots 15 and 26 of the end bearers 3 and a and the longitudinal portions of the slots 17 and 23 of the side bearer 2 are somewhat wider than the portions of the hooks engaged thereby. The result of this is that the side and end bearers 2 and 3, after the tie-up has been assembled around a typepage, are still free to be forced farther inwardly by the quoins 29, when locked up in a chase 30, as shown in Fig. 1.

From the foregoing it will be seen that my improved tie-up constitutes not only a bounding frame or holder for the type-page, but also, when fully assembled around the type-page, serves to bind or clamp the latter, dispensing with the necessity of inserting thin strips of furniture in order to obtain a sufiiciently tight engagement between the type-page and the tie-up to prevent danger of parts of the former being pulled out by suction of the inking roller during the process of taking proofs. At the same time, the tie-up frame does not in the least interfere with a further clamping and tightening of the type-page through the action of the quoins when locked up in the chase, in which latter situation the frame bars or bearers serve the purpose of the furniture usually employed.

The device saves much time by dispensing with the use of the usual tie-up string, insures uniformity in the length and width of the type-pages owing to the fixed dimensions of the bearers or frame bars, and can be left around the type and locked up in the form whenever the margins will allow. The bottom bearer and the righthand side bearer can be used as a foot and side stick, respectively, by placing a reglet or strip of cardboard between these parts and the quoins.

I claim- 1. A printers tie-up, comprising a rectangular frame made up of straight side and end frame bars formed with interlocking hooks and slots at their ends adapted to be engaged and separated by a relative movement in a direction substantially normal to the plane of the frame, the cooperating hooks of one side frame bar and one end frame bar having engaging surfaces formed wholly in planes perpendicular to the plane of the frame; and the hooks of the other of said end frame bars and the hooks of said side frame bars cooperating therewith being formed with surfaces slightly inclined from a plane perpendicular to the plane of the frame whereby, as said last-named end frame bar is interlocked with the side frame bars, it is bodily wedged laterally in a direction inwardly of the frame.

2. A printers tie-up, comprising a rectangular frame made up of straight side and end frame bars formed with interlocking hooks and slots at their ends adapted to be engaged and separated by a relative movement in a direction substantially normal to the plane of the frame, the cooperating hooks of one side frame bar and one end frame bar having engaging surfaces formed wholly in planes perpendicular to the plane of the frame; and the hooks of the other of said side frame bars and the hooks of said end frame bars cooperating therewith being formed with surfaces slightly inclined from a plane perpendicular to the plane of the frame whereby, as said last-named side frame bar is interlocked with the end frame bars, it is bodily wedged laterally in a direction inwardly of the frame.

3. A printers tie-up, comprising a rectangular frame made up of straight side and end frame bars formed with interlocking rectangular hooks and slots adapted to be engaged and separated by a relative movement in a direction substantially normal to the plane of the frame, the cooperating hooks at three of the corner joints of the frame being formed with inclined or wedgeshaped surfaces so disposed as to cause a relative inward movement of one of the end.

frame bars and one of the side frame bars as the latter are interlocked with the complementary side and end frame bars and with each other.

4. A printers tie-up, comprising a rectangular frame made up of straight side and end frame bars formed with interlocking rectangular hooks and slots adapted to be engaged and separated by a relative move- 10 ment in a direction substantially normal to the plane of the frame, the cooperating hooks at three of the corner joints of the frame being formed with inclined or wedgeshaped surfaces so disposed as to cause a relative inward movement of one of the end frame bars and one of the side frame bars as the latter are interlocked with the complementary side and end frame bars and with each other, and the slots at said three corner joints of the frame having excess width permitting a further bodily inward movement of said inwardly movable end and side bars when said tie-up frame is locked up in a chase or form.

JOHN A. TOREN. Witnesses:

JOYCE M. LU'rz, SAMUEL N. POND.

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Washington, D. G. 

